White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers

Evidence

The racism white females felt toward black women was as apparent in the work arena as it was in the women’s rights movement and in the women’s club movement. During the years between 1880 and World War I, white women’s rights activists focused their attention on obtaining for women the right to work in various occupations. They saw work for pay as the way for women like themselves to escape economic dependence on white men. Robert Smut, author of Women and Work in America (a work that would be more accurtely titled White Women and Work in America), writes: — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 387

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 366; White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 379; White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422 (+14 more)

Related

• White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. (similarity 0.91)
• Early second-wave feminism was dominated by white women who excluded black women (similarity 0.88)
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest (similarity 0.88)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.87)
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people (similarity 0.87)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. (similarity 0.86)
• White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism. (similarity 0.86)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.85)
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism (similarity 0.85)
• White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition (similarity 0.85)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. (similarity 0.85)
• White feminists excluded black women by analogy rather than overt discrimination (similarity 0.85)
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference (similarity 0.84)
• Employer-employee relations made white ‘common oppression’ rhetoric offensive to black women (similarity 0.83)
• The mainstream women’s movement was deliberately structured around white middle-class interests. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 404
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference #expands (0.70)
• Early second-wave feminism was dominated by white women who excluded black women #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 405
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 464
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. #expands (0.65)
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism #expands (0.65)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422
• White feminists dismissed race talk to preserve a unified sisterhood #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 16
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119
• White feminists excluded black women by analogy rather than overt discrimination #complicates (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 420
• White feminists’ self-victimization rhetoric served their opportunistic interests #expands (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 421
• Employer-employee relations made white ‘common oppression’ rhetoric offensive to black women #expands (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 425
• White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism. #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 442